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THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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What Is the Purpose?
The committee members were appointed "to prepare and digest the form of a confederation to be entered into between these colonies." -
The First Idea
The Continental Congress resolved "that a committee be appointed to prepare and digest the form of a confederation to be entered into between these colonies." -
First Draft
The first draft of the Articles of Confederation was presented to the Continental Congress. -
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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Final Draft
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. -
What Should the States Do?
The Articles of Confederation were submitted to the states with a request for immediate action. -
The States' Reaction
The Articles of Confederation were ordered to be engrossed (the States made changes and sent it back). -
Backlash
The first engrossed copy was found to be incorrect, and a second engrossed copy was ordered. -
Eight States Agree
The second engrossed copy of the Articles was signed and ratified by the delegates from eight states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina. -
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION ARE THE LAW OF THE LAND
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North Carolina Agrees
North Carolina delegates signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. -
Georgia Agrees
Georgia delegates signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. -
New Jersey Agrees
New Jersey delegates signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. -
Delaware Agrees
Delaware delegates signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. -
Maryland Finally Agrees!
Maryland delegates signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. The Articles were finally ratified by all thirteen states. -
Compact of 1785
They were charged with dealing with issues of commerce, fishing, and navigation in the waters of the Potomac. These issues were not addressed directly by the Articles of Confederation. The conference was a success, and a report was prepared for the two state legisllatures on 28 March 1785. The report contained 13 clauses and ratified by both Maryland and Virginia. It declared the Potomac, which was under Maryland's sole jurisdiction, to be a common waterway for use by Virginia as well. -
Shay's Rebellion
Farmers violently rebelled against the government. The most significant problem was that the new nation was deeply in debt. This situation had been caused by the revolution against England just a few years. The new government was printing money and thus causing inflation. Another problem contributing to Shays’ Rebellion and similar revolts was high taxation. -
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SHAY'S REBELLION
The rebellion started on August 29, 1786. It was precipitated by several factors: financial difficulties brought about by a post-war economic depression, a credit squeeze caused by a lack of hard currency, and fiscally harsh government policies instituted in 1785 to solve the state's debt problems. -
Annapolis Convention
The Annapolis Convention was a meeting in 1786 at Annapolis, Maryland, of 12 delegates from five states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia) that unanimously called for a constitutional convention. The formal title of the meeting was a "Meeting of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government." -
Revisions Are Necessary
Shay's Rebellion was the "Last Straw" Congress approved a plan on this day to hold a convention in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. -
The Constitutional Convention
Delegates from five different states arrive in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. -
The Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. It was the first system of creating new states. -
The Constitution is Written
Gouverneur Morris drafts the Constituion and it is written into law as the "Supreme Law of the Land"
